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The Wild Career Advice Eddie Murphy Got From James Brown (He Thankfully Didn’t Take)

The Godfather of Soul suggested a very unusual retirement plan.

Cinemablend

‘It’s more than backcombing a beehive!’ How tribute acts got massive – and put the live music scene back in the black

Versions of Amy Winehouse and hundreds of other musicians are generating millions for beleaguered UK venues. But what is the emotional toll for the imitators, and are they pushing out original artists?

The Guardian - UK

“We were kinda like the odd man out in the nu metal scene and had to prove we could whip ass”: From hanging out with Lemmy and Willie Nelson to the carnage of Woodstock, how Sevendust’s Lajon Witherspoon became a modern metal icon

“Lemmy said, ‘I like your band. Don’t f**k it up.’”

Metal Hammer

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RAYE helps launch Montreux Jazz Festival with surprise guests

Pop artist was joined by Mark Ronson and Alicia Keys as she got the annual festival off to a tremendous start

The Independent UK

US veteran dubbed highway ‘angel’ for using combat first aid to save crash survivor

Marine veteran James Brown rescued a driver with a piece of metal lodged in his leg

The Guardian - US

Helen Mirren and six Lionesses receive honours for King Charles’s birthday

Footballers, charity founders, actors and musicians among those celebrated for service to Britain

The Guardian - UK

“It’s fine to become a technical monster, but if you can’t come up with a good bassline it’s useless”: Lee Sklar shares his secrets for finding the perfect groove in the studio

Sklar has played on over 2,500 albums – not bad for someone who claims, “I never had any intention of becoming a studio player”

Guitar World

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Ellie Bamber on playing Kate Moss: ‘She's one of the most photographed women — that's scary’

The walk, the accent, the laugh — even the smoking. Turning into Kate Moss was the challenge of a lifetime for Ellie Bamber, who plays the supermodel in a new film

Evening Standard

Afrika Bambaataa obituary

Influential DJ, rapper and producer who moved hip-hop towards a more futuristic techno-pop sound

The Guardian - UK

Met Police Taskforce officer charged with rape

PC James Brown will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday

Evening Standard

Woman says she tricks men by wearing this one color: ‘They start giving me the girl treatment’

In the immortal words of James Brown, it’s a man’s world. And a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do to navigate it.

The Mary Sue

“A historically significant instrument directly tied to the evolution of modern funk”: The bass Bootsy Collins used to record a James Brown anthem has been listed on eBay

The Fender Jazz Bass bought at auction for $40,000, has now been listed on eBay for almost twice as much. But you’ll have to bid an extra $299 if you want the original strings

Guitar World

The real Wuthering Heights: Picture-perfect Yorkshire Dales towns with homes from £290,000

Margot Robbie’s travails are piquing interest in the Yorkshire Dales. Here’s where to start your search for a home

Evening Standard

Chadwick Boseman’s widow does not want his legacy to be ‘distilled’ to his death

The Black Panther actor, who also played singer James Brown in Get On Up, died in August 2020 aged 43, from colon cancer.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

‘I don’t have to create his legacy, I just have to protect it’: Chadwick Boseman’s widow Simone on grieving a global star – and guarding his secrets

Black Panther made him a megastar, but in private the actor and his wife Simone Ledward Boseman were dealing with his terminal cancer diagnosis. In a rare interview, she talks about the shock of losing him, and how a revival of one of his plays has helped her heal

Guitar World

“I was the most vocal about being unhappy. That's when George grabbed Bootsy Collins and his band to replace us”: He was schooled by James Jamerson and freaked Larry Graham out – how William ‘Billy Bass’ Nelson founded the Funkadelic sound

The late Funkadelic co-founder tells the story of his encounter with Larry Graham, bass lessons with James Jamerson, and life in George Clinton’s ever-changing band

The Independent UK

‘My mum was diagnosed with dementia, so I invented new technology to help her’

Engineers Matt Ash and James Brown have developed a device to help people with dementia live independently for longer

Guitar World

“James Brown always said, ‘I’m the most humble man out there – and Kool, that guy’s number two to me’”: Kool & The Gang’s Robert Bell on how he laid down three top 10s in a single session –and became one of the most sampled artists in history

The funk masters’ only surviving original member explains the humble beginnings of most of their hits, how they put them together and why he isn’t going back to big rigs even if everyone else is

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The Independent UK

Channing Tatum to bring his dancing, ab-heavy 'Magic Mike Live' to New York City

Channing Tatum is bringing “Magic Mike Live” to New York City, promising to “turn up the gas” on the popular show

MusicRadar

“He’s not a 10 like Sammy Hagar or James Brown. He’s a 4 or a 5 but he really delivered real rock n’ roll": Ted Nugent might have only qualified praise for Jack White, Green Day and Tom Morello, but he thinks Yungblud is "the real McCoy"

Elderly rocker 'talks music'... but can't resist dipping into politics, too

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Ted Nugent blasts Eminem and Jack White as 'total idiots' and hits out at Green Day

Guitarist Ted Nugent has slammed Eminem and Jack White, blasting the pair as "total idiots", and he also hit out at Green Day, insisting "there is not a brain among" their band members, as he took aim at their views on US President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

Guitar World

“All the grin-inducing firepower of the full-flight 5150 in a stripped-down model”: EVH 5150 Iconic Series 15W EL34 Head review

The bombastic benchmark ofthe ‘brown’ sound has been channelled through a single-ended EL34 power section and hybrid preamp, with significant volume and price savings

Guitar World

“All I remember is thinking that the bass turned into a snake. I broke all the strings, threw it down and left the stage”: Bootsy Collins was tripping on LSD when he took the James Brown bass chair to its most in-your-face level

Unable to deal with Brown’s disciplinary code, Bootsy was gone within a year

MusicRadar

Is pop music really getting dumber? A music professor explains what the science really says

Scientific studies claim that modern music has become simpler than ever before, both lyrically and musically. But are they measuring what really matters?

Evening Standard

Gillian Anderson's former Portobello home for sale for £4.5 million

In recent years, the property has been used as a residential recording studio, attracting the likes of Stormzy, Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter

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